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标 题: Easter Day
发信站: 听涛站 (2001年10月09日22:30:17 星期二), 站内信件
Easter Day
Most English holidays have a religious origin. Easter Day occurs on the firs
t Sunday after the full moon following the spring equinox[1].It is originall
y the day to commemorate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. But now for most
people, Easter is a secular spring holiday, while for the children, it means
, more than anything else, Easter eggs or chocolate eggs!
On Easter Sunday morning, the breakfast eggs are boiled in several pans in s
ome families.Each containing a different vegetable dye, so that when they ar
e served the shells are no longer white or pale brown in color, but yellow o
r pink, blue or green. The dyes do not penetrate[2] the shell of course.
Chocolate Easter eggs are displayed in confectioners' shops[3] as soon as Ch
ristmas is over. The smallest and simplest are inexpensive enough for childr
en to buy with pocket money.
These are of two sorts. Very small ones, perhaps a little longer than an inc
h in length, are coated thinly with chocolate on the outside and filled with
a sweet, soft paste, called fondant.They are wrapped in colored foil in a v
ariety of patterns. Slightly larger eggs, a little bigger, as a rule[4], tha
n a duck's egg, are hollow. There is nothing inside at all-- just a wrapped
chocolate shell. You break the shell and eat the jagged, irregular pieces.
As Easter approaches, more elaborate eggs than these fill the sweet-shop win
dows. They are accompanied by all sorts of small presents designed to appeal
to children.They are often decorated with small fluffy chickens, made of wo
ol, and with feet and beaks in card. Lucky children may receive several of t
hese as presents from friends or relations. Easter eggs are meant to give en
joyment-- and they do! They are pretty and decorative, they signal good wish
es and shared happiness in the changing seasons.
注释:
1. spring equinox:春分点。秋分点是autumn equinox。而冬至和夏至则是winter s
olstice和summer solstice。
2. Penetrate:渗透、穿透。可引申为"看透、识破"的意思,
3.confectioners' shops:糖果店。也可说成sweetshop。
4.as a rule:大体上、通常而言。
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